Wes Tam

Current

Producer, Lead Designer (Game Development) at Magmic Games

Past

Committee member at IGDA
Lead Programmer (Game Dev Group) at Magmic Games
Game Developer at Magmic Games

Software Developer - R&D Group (Formerly Noitaminanimation) at Cinerio Entertainment inc.
Software Developer - Co op at Defence Research Establishment Ottawa
Softtware Developer at Defence Research Establishment Ottawa (DREO -DND)
Software developer at Industry Canada
Junior Radio Engineer at RCMP

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Education

Carleton University

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Industry

Entertainment

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Wes Tam’s Experience

Producer, Lead Designer (Game Development)

Magmic Games

(Entertainment industry)

March 2007 — Present (2 years 5 months)

-Work as Producer on Large Scale productions
-Design work flow and development process for internal Magmic Game Studio
-Write Technical Specifications and Documentations and Guidelines
-Conduct technical audits on projects in development
-Produced and Designed Phase 10 Mobile
-Worked as Lead Game Designer and Producer on BrainUp: Clash Of the Sexes
-Multiple aspects of the Game Design process
-Produce pitches and documentation for external Partners
Committee member

IGDA

(Entertainment industry)

2008 — 2008 (less than a year)
Lead Programmer (Game Dev Group)

Magmic Games

(Entertainment industry)

April 2006 — March 2007 (1 year)

Work as Lead programmer/Team Lead on several high profile projects including the remake of Miner2049er and BrainUp.

My product won the IGN Editor's Choice award and the award in the Best Revival category for the IGN Best of 2007 awards.

Miner 2049er received an 8.0 on www.wireless.ign.com
Game Developer

Magmic Games

(Privately Held; Entertainment industry)

September 2004 — April 2006 (1 year 8 months)

Worked as Developer on Various Titles. Shipped 5 titles within this time frame.
Software Developer - R&D Group (Formerly Noitaminanimation)

Cinerio Entertainment inc.

(Entertainment industry)

September 2002 — September 2004 (2 years 1 month)

-Worked as developer on Curved Surface Rendering, Camera and Animation Systems
-Built work flow tools to stream line animation process for production of animated 3D television pilot
-Product Pitch and Concept Documents for new Initiatives including Interactive Mobile content and Serious Games
-Worked to help create Patent on Augmented Reality Product
-Tracked team progress for research grant updates.
Software Developer - Co op

Defence Research Establishment Ottawa

(Entertainment industry)

2001 — 2001 (less than a year)
Softtware Developer

Defence Research Establishment Ottawa (DREO -DND)

(Government Agency; Defense & Space industry)

May 2001 — September 2001 (5 months)

co-op
Software developer

Industry Canada

(Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Government Administration industry)

May 2000 — August 2000 (4 months)

Software developer working on automation tools
Junior Radio Engineer

RCMP

(Government Agency; Law Enforcement industry)

September 1999 — December 1999 (4 months)

Work in radio lab running product evaluations tests on multiple products.